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Breakthrough Innovations Tend To Have Science Behind Them

The Horizons Tracker

It’s well established that the majority of innovation today is what’s known as recombinative, which means that it takes what works well in one domain and applies it somewhere else. This can be highly effective, but it does lend towards more iterative than transformative innovations. Science-led innovation.

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Coherence and Confusion with decision making and planning

Mike Cardus

You often feel that you know the variables, then – BOOM – something causes confusion and uncertainty of what to do or how to resolve the challenge. When you are in a place of aporia (deep confusion or felt knots of uncertainty), there will be many variables vying for your attention or happening.

Planning 179
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Trade Agreements Can Make Economies More Resilient

The Horizons Tracker

” Economic insurance The analysis reveals that American exports fell by 22% between 2008 and 2009, but that exports to all markets were not impacted in the same way. . “By making policies more permanent, they also increase the value of firms’ investments in new export markets, particularly during economic downturns.”

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In Uncertain Times It Pays To Explore

The Horizons Tracker

The authors argue that people tend to make a choice between the familiarity of what they know or the relative uncertainty of something new. “It looks like exploration pays off in the face of uncertainty, ” the researchers explain. It was in periods of uncertainty where the strategy paid dividends however.

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The Big Shift: Demand for Future Work Skills in 2021

HR Digest

When I was a technology marketing exec in 2009, I heard the words nurture marketing. With creativity’s ties to innovation and the global economy experiencing a significant growth mode, this personal ability was transferable across a range of organizational needs. The learning landscape is ripe for innovation.

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The Dynamics Of Partnering With Entrepreneurs

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers gathered data on nearly 400 developers and 170 publishers who were active between 2000 and 2009, which was the period in which the PS2 was most popular. Making the trade-off. As such, a trade-off is typically sought. This data was then supplemented by additional interviews with developers.

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When People Don't Know. a Guest Post from Steve Roesler

Kevin Eikenberry

The key was this: The average soldier may not have known what to do in an overwhelming situation and even if he did, the consequences might create a sense of hesitation due to uncertainty or fear. Patton did know what to do and how to do it. And he knew how to explain the benefits and consequences of action vs. inaction (if needed).